Do you think that stock Rocco should be more lowered?

Komar · Post by **Komar** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:15 pm

soooo?

easy queston

or the wheel arches should be smaller?

wigit · Post by **wigit** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:41 pm

mike-p · Post by **mike-p** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:36 am

Ditto

sparki · Post by **sparki** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:08 pm

Definately lowered! Just picked mine up on the 2nd and thats the first thing my dad said when I popped round to show him.

Stilts as standard!

langley182 · Post by **langley182** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:39 pm

Yes. At least 70mm

Ryy · Post by **Ryy** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:56 pm

wigit wrote:Both

This.

dbeholder · Post by **dbeholder** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:04 am

Both, absolutely. It seems to look much better with 19" or even 20" wheels, AND lowered a bit.

samdub · Post by **samdub** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:32 am

No brainer.

Post by **Kev** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:42 am

I added a poll.

Yes I think it could easily sit 3-4cm lower with the arches designed to fit that curve better.

I guess they played the compromise game between ride and handling but other VWs in the range seem to sit lower without any problem.

langley182 · Post by **langley182** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:46 am

They probably wanted it to appeal to EVERYONE. Typical

Turboweasel · Post by **Turboweasel** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:58 pm

Kev wrote:
Yes I think it could easily sit 3-4cm lower with the arches designed to fit that curve better.

Snap

wigit · Post by **wigit** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:24 pm

Kev wrote:I added a poll.

Yes I think it could easily sit 3-4cm lower with the arches designed to fit that curve better.

I guess they played the compromise game between ride and handling but other VWs in the range seem to sit lower without any problem.

Lol you said mine looks broken

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:07 pm

Kev wrote:I added a poll.

Question is will anyone vote no!

Post by **Kev** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:25 pm

wigit wrote:
Kev wrote:I added a poll.

Yes I think it could easily sit 3-4cm lower with the arches designed to fit that curve better.

I guess they played the compromise game between ride and handling but other VWs in the range seem to sit lower without any problem.
Lol you said mine looks broken

Cos I think you went a little bit toooooo low

It's all to do with the aesthetics of the shape of the wheel and how the wheel arch follows that shape. If you go too far the shapes go out of 'sync' and it looks wrong.

jimma1983 · Post by **jimma1983** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:50 pm

Deacon wrote:
Kev wrote:I added a poll.
Question is will anyone vote no!

I voted no, IMO VW have got it about right.

RoccoScientist · Post by **RoccoScientist** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:28 am

The ground clearance isn't as high as you'd think by the looks of the stock 'rocco, so I wouldn't lower the car stock car by much. The wheel arches are the real problem. I think the stock 'rocco should be equipped with VW's own lowering springs (by Eibach, ~20 mm lowering), since they make the wheel arch gap to be about the same in each direction. To me the car doesn't even look lowered with those springs, it looks stock - and in my eyes the stock 'rocco now looks like it's got a bad road package.

char · Post by **char** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:32 pm

I saw a roc that was lowered I thought it made the car look really fat and kind of spoilt its lines :s

KenzoPL · Post by **KenzoPL** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:31 pm

RoccoScientist wrote:The ground clearance isn't as high as you'd think by the looks of the stock 'rocco, so I wouldn't lower the car stock car by much. The wheel arches are the real problem. I think the stock 'rocco should be equipped with VW's own lowering springs (by Eibach, ~20 mm lowering), since they make the wheel arch gap to be about the same in each direction. To me the car doesn't even look lowered with those springs, it looks stock - and in my eyes the stock 'rocco now looks like it's got a bad road package.

QFT :-)

robmx · Post by **robmx** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:12 am

Should be easy 50mm lower at least out of the box.

I'm jealous of mk6 Golf owners, it's arches make it soooo much easier to lower the car practically.

langley182 · Post by **langley182** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:21 pm

There's no point arguing the low debate.
One mans low is another mans ridiculous.
And one mans ride height is another mans joke.

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